Palomar
Mountain SP
Jul.
07,
2002
Guide - Bob
Miller
A visit to Palomar Mountain State Park with Kathie.
Page
one.
For page two of
the day's trip click HERE
44 species (list follows at end
of page)
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thumbnail pictures for full-sized shots.
Looking north at
Palomar Mountain
Lake Henshaw from
Palomar Mountain
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On our
way north from Julian we passed by Lake Henshaw . This was the view of
the lake from the south and from the north on East Grade Road going up to Palomar. The specks on the lake are
boats!
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We hiked the Adams Trail in
the SP in search of Cassin's Vireo, thanks Mary Beth!! We had
beautiful Cassin's Vireo singing loudly and following us up the
trail at one point! Brown Creepers were a treat as were
White-breasted Nuthatch and Nuttall's Woodpeckers . |
Enjoying the
sounds
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Western Bluebird
fledgling
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Numerous
Western Bluebirds feeding young were pretty cool too! This trail
is very easy going, shady and beautiful but all of the red and
green ground cover in the above pic is Poison Oak so watch your
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The most exciting event of the day was this fox trotting down the
trail with dinner! We were standing still in the middle of the trail
and it did not see us until the last second. "Got me a squirrel
.. oh yea..got me a squirrel.. dohh!" It went back a little
ways and began skirting
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Gray Fox with squirrel
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Tiger Lily
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around us up the hill so we moved on real
quick to let it get by us. Might have had hungry young waiting for
it you know. As dry as it was, we did see a
few very stunning Tiger Lilies along the trail.
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Around every bend of the trail is something wonderful. This old oak
is one of the largest I have ever seen, that is Kathie and a pine
tree near the base. This little guy (below) would have been
invisible on the trunk of this tree if it had not moved as we
passed by.
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A real shade tree.
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Our next stop was Doane Pond where we had a great
lunch and shared mind blowing close up views of dragons, damsels
and butterflies (Square-spotted Blue at top) through the spotting
scope with numerous other people out for the holiday weekend.
Check out page two
for more adventure!
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